Epiphone Les Paul Custom Informaion please

[Shelley McPharlin]

I have recently aquired an Epiphone Les Paul Custom. It's a double cutaway. I am fairly sure it was made in the 90's but other than that I can find absolutely no info about it. i.e. Where was it made? Is there a place to find specs on it? Here is the serial # 199011390. I sure would appreciate any help you can give. Thanks! I have included a pic as well.

 

[Paruwi]

Here is the serial # 199011390

Hi,

Welcome here @ €piTalk

the serial is

I (not 1) = Saein factory Korea
99=year
01=month
1390= production/batch/whatever#

 

[Paruwi]

Here are the specs...

https://web.archive.org/web/20170128025631/http://epiphonewiki.com:80/index.php/SG#G-400_Custom

 

[Shelley McPharlin]

Well Thank You so much!, Guess I need stronger glasses! I really appreciate you taking the time to answer me.

 

[Paruwi]

I really appreciate you taking the time to answer me.

That is an important part of this community

 

[Raiyn]

It's a double cutaway

Your SG types are by default.

I prefer them to Les Pauls.

 

[John]

Welcome in Shelley and beautiful LP it is.

 

[TimTheViking]

OK, now I'm confused. I thought a Les Paul was the model with the specific single cutaway shape designed by Les Paul and originally produced by Gibson and then Epiphone and then et al. I looked at the picture and thought, "that's not a Les Paul, it's an SG." But the truss rod cover and scratch plate both say Les Paul. Someone could have put a different truss rod cover on it but not the scratch plate. Can someone enlighten me?

 

[Biddlin]

Can someone enlighten me?

In 1961, Gibson "updated" the traditional single-cutaway Les Paul to a sleek new double-cutaway design, Les hated the design so it was called the SG Standard after 1962..

 

[John]

In 1961, Gibson "updated" the traditional single-cutaway Les Paul to a sleek new double-cutaway design, Les hated the design so it was called the SG Standard after 1962..

Exactly why Les Paul's wife Mary Ford played it and not Les. She loved that guitar.

 

[TimTheViking]

Never knew that, thanks. I also went to Wikipedia. So then would this be considered a reissue of a '61-'63 Les Paul Custom?

 

[TimTheViking]

Exactly why Les Paul's wife Mary Ford played it and not Les. She loved that guitar.

I saw that white SG on an episode of Pawn Stars.

 

[Davis Sharp]

Never knew that, thanks. I also went to Wikipedia. So then would this be considered a reissue of a '61-'63 Les Paul Custom?

I'm wondering the same thing. The three humbuckers are not consistent with the 61 LP Tribute.

EDIT: Never mind, Mary Ford's was HHH.

Welcome to Epi-Talk @Shelley McPharlin

 

[Biddlin]

So then would this be considered a reissue of a '61-'63 Les Paul Custom?

Yup. I chased one with a branded Maestro a couple of years ago, until the bidding got too rich for my blood.

 

[Raiyn]

Exactly why Les Paul's wife Mary Ford played it and not Les. She loved that guitar.

Easy to understand why she would.

 

[TimTheViking]

I've never played an SG but according to Wiki, more SGs have been sold than Les Pauls. I never would have guessed that.

 

[John]

I wouldn't have expected that either.

 

[Biddlin]

I never would have guessed that.

I wouldn't have expected that either.

They have been Gibson's golden goose since their inception. The Les Paul single cut was widely ignored until English players showed a few in the late 60s. The SG has never been out of production since 1961.

 

[Raiyn]

I've never played an SG but according to Wiki, more SGs have been sold than Les Pauls. I never would have guessed that.

I wouldn't have expected that either.

The Les Paul was actually discontinued between 1961-'68 due to low sales. The SG has remained in continuous production since it was introduced.

 

[Biddlin]

Echoes happen in empty chambers.